Sewing cabinet



R. H. FORSELL SEWING CABINET June 8, 1948.

Filed June 1, 1946 5%M/W ATTORNEY Patented 'June 8, 1948 UNITED STATES PATENT" c erical SEWING CABINET Richard H-..Forseil; Spokane, Wash. Application June 1, 1946', SerialaNor, 673,766

LGlaim. (c1. 223107l This invention. relates. to 1 a: sewing cabinet and it is one object of the invention to provide a sewing cabinet including a casing slidable to closed and opened positions through its front end, the rear portion of the casing being extended upwardly and having an open front closed by a door which is hinged at its upper end so that it may be swung upwardly to an opened position and thread withdrawn from spools rotatably mounted adjacent the front of the upper portion of the casing.

Another object of the invention is to provide a sewing cabinet wherein the spools are rotatably mountedupon rods and located between bars which are spaced from each other transversely of the cabinet and extend upwardly at a rearward incline longitudinally of the open front of the rear portion of the cabinet so that the spools will be arranged in horizontal rows spaced upwardly from each other so that access may be readily had to spools having wound thereon cotton or other thread which it is desired to use.

Another object of the invention is to provide improved thread-engaging members carried by the bars between the rows of spools and so formed that thread may be engaged with the said threadengaging members and held in such position that selected threads may be readily grasped and unwound from the spools. Since the threads are engaged with the thread-engaging members after thread of a desired length has been removed for use the threads on the various spools will be prevented from becoming tangled.

Another object of the invention is to provide the bars with rod-receiving slots so formed that while the rods may be readily removed when new spools of thread may be applied to them, they will not be liable to be accidentally displaced from the slots.

Another object of the invention is to provide a cabinet wherein the spools of thread are shielded from dust by a cover or door which is movable to an opened position and has a glass panel so that the spools may be seen without lifting the cover to an opened position.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the improved sewing cabinet.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken longitudinally through the cabinet along line 22 of Figure 1.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the manner in which the spools are mounted.

This improved sewing cabinet has a casing I having its forward portion provided with a flat upper wall 2 serving as a. work table and an upwardly projecting rear portion 3 defining a chamber 4 in which spools of thread are mounted in such position that thread may be easily and quickly removed from the spools for use. The casing is open at its front to receive a drawer 5 which is slid longitudinally to opened and closed positions and the drawer is divided into compartments by partitions 6 so that scissors and other articles used when sewing may be stored in the drawer and kept separate from each other. The rear portion of the wall or Work table 2 is secured upon a panel 1 and its front end is secured upon the front wall 8 of the casing. The upstanding rear portion of the casing is open at its front and its side walls have diagonally extending edge faces against Which rest side edge portions of a door 9 when the door is closed. This door is connected with the cross strop or panel I!) by hinges II to mount the door for vertical swinging movement to opened and closed positions and in order that the'door may be easily lifted there has been provided a knob l2. A glass panel I3 is provided in the door in order that when the door is closed spools of thread in the casing may be seen.

Spools l4 carrying thread l5 are mounted in the rear portion of the casing above the drawer and adjacent the open front of the chamber 4 and in order to rotata'bly mount the spools there have been provided rods l6 which extend transversely across the chamber 4 and are seated in notches [1 formed in bars l8. These bars extend upwardly at a rearward incline between the rear edge of the panel 1 to which their lower ends are secured to the rear wall of the casing where they are secured near the upper end thereof, the incline of the bars and the angle of the notches being such that the slots extend vertically. Therefore while the rods may be readily removed from the notches when new spools of thread must be applied to them, they will not be liable to be accidentally displaced from the notches when pull is exerted upon thread to unwind it from the spools. By spacing the bars from each other predetermined distances spools of different sizes may be accommodated between the bars. After thread of a desired length has been unwound from a spool and cut off for use the loose end of the thread on the spool must be secured in order to prevent it from becoming tangled with thread on other spools. In order that the threads on the spools may be secured there have been provided thread holders H! which resemble staples and have their arms driven into upper faces of the bars l8. These thread holders have their bridge portions bent to form coils 20 constituting jaws for gripping the threads, as shown in Figure 3; by grasping the end of the thread it may be easily drawn out of engagement with the coils and unwound from the spool.

Having thus described the invention, claimed is:

A sewing cabinet-comprising a casing having what is n a horizontally extending lower portion open at its front and a rear portion extending upwardly from the said lower portion and forming a chamber,

said chamber being open at its frontand having its open front disposed at a forward incline tofront of said chamber hinged at its upper end for ward its lower end, a door for closing theopen 15 vertical swinging movement to opened and closed F positions, a drawer slidable into and out of the v 1 horizontally extending lower portion of the cabinetthrough the open front end thereof, bars 2 in said chamber extending upwardly at a rear- REFERENCESI-I'VCITEZDVI The following references are of record in the 'fi le of this patent:

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